I played Fallout 1 and finished it years ago & loved its ending. had 2 but didn't finish it and have hundreds & hundreds of hours on 3 & vegas...and skyrim etc... and played them all the way trough several times...

we been icing over since T-day havent even tried to open my truck's door.

So I got in a good 8 hours of FO4 yesterday between a few football games. got taken out a few times LOL but I didnt have power armor was running around feeling out the game, those little mole rats popping up can over run ya.

You can put the power suits at one of your bases, Sanctuary is the first one you unlock. There are a ton of power armor suits in the game. When I finished my first playthrough I had 15+ power armor suits stashed at Sanctuary.

If you don't like customization and choices, you probably shouldn't buy RPGs anymore LOL! Avoid the crafting skill upgrades and just use the equipment that you find and can buy because that's not going to be your thing. Otherwise you have to hunt down items that can be broken down into certain materials you need to make certain weapon/armor upgrades. I think that's a lot of the fun of RPGs like this. Just pick the skill upgrades that sound good to you, you can't really go too wrong.

So I'm finding the game doesnt give you ANY information at all! There are a million things that can be crafted but NOTHING. Wtf is this radiation that shows up in my health bar. Am I supposed to treat that?

I'm trying to build a GD bed, have enough resources to build 10, but the GD game says I can't because I'm missing the fallout icon that doesn't match anything in my upgrade tree........frustrating!

I'm playing this like a first person shooter...will this last or am I boned?

You can remove radiation by bringing up your pip boy, on the stat screen, you'll see "radaway" at the bottom, you should have at least picked some up by now.

You need to upgrade the "Armorer", "Blacksmith", "Gun Nut", and "Science!" skills to build and craft things. Some stuff requires higher levels and even multiples of these skills in order for you to be able to build them, then you also have to go out and find the items that can be broken down into the materials you need. The "Scrapper" skill helps you get more items when you break stuff down.

You can play it like a FPS if you want, no problem. Forget the crafting and building if it's too complicated for how you want to play the game.

You know about clicking in the right joystick to "sneak" right? How about left bumper to enter VATS during combat?

The faster you move while sneaking the better the chance that you will be spotted. That is until you upgrade the "Sneak" skill up to level 4/5 then how quick you move while sneaking isn't taken into account anymore. Your "Agility" stat also affects your ability to stay hidden while sneaking.

The "Perception" stat affects your % chance to hit in VATS and "Agility" stat affects how many action points you have in VATS, each shot in VATS takes a certain amount of your action points away. Action points slowly regenerate when you're not in VATS.

Don't bring companions with you, they're idiots and they get in the way ALL of the time. Talk to Codsworth and tell him to go home.

Next time you're in a fight, press the left bumper. It will put the action in slow motion and allow you to choose your shots. Hit the right trigger (shoot button) on a body part that has the highest percent of hitting until you run out of action points then press A. Once you see and do it you'll understand what it is.

This isn't even an overly complicated game, you should try playing some of the Japanese RPG's, they'd blow your mind! It certainly isn't Call of Duty either.

I think if you have some patience and really learn it you will like it a lot. You can go and do whatever you want whenever you want, you're not just following a predetermined story that is exactly the same every time. You can respond to people how you see fit, etc, you're not just watching a predetermined cut scene between characters. Much freedom.

I think for now, until you get a grasp of the game, seriously forget about the crafting. You can find and buy all of the equipment you need. If you find yourself in a tough spot or dying a lot just go into the settings from the start button menu and go to "Gameplay" and lower the difficulty level.

You don't have to put your skill point into the named skills when you level up either, you can put it into your stats like Strength, Agility, Perception, etc at the very top. Each stat directly affects things such as the amount of weight you can carry (Strength) as well as unlocks better skills. The further down the list of skills the more points you need in that category to be able to even use those skills. Hopefully that makes sense. Like if you want the "Quick Hands" skill (faster reloading guns) under the "Agility" tree you need to have 8 points into your "Agility" stat.